An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There is also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.